Assessment of biomechanical risk at work: Practical approaches and tools

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Cocca, Paola ^a   Marciano, Filippo ^a   Rossi, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human physical performance; Manual lifting; Repetitive handling; Work related risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 58849132441     PISSN: 1509409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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